Recent content by dkop1

I'll leave his name out for now, unless he wishes to come forward... but a GJ member was so gracious as to send me a set of Metric wrenches after some discussion. My hunt is over! Thank you all for the suggestions. :)

Anything I have of Irwin recently is very soft metal.. nice and safe because you can't crack them and put metal in your eyes. Dangerous because they piss me off and make me want to hit things :lol_hitti Chanellock have perhaps started to cut a little quality on the "spit and polish" but they're...

Hi folks.... I was wondering where I might go to find resources on preventing stainless hardware from galling in aluminum threads (hand tightened). Naturally I use anti-seize whenever possible, but i'm looking for things that might make good "alternatives" in a pinch. Until I can clean things...

I can't remember the last time I was able to find someone at a walmart jewelry counter.... let alone on the occasions that I find somebody, and they can't get a hold of whomever they have trained to replace batteries.

I'm not at all opposed to use, I buy lots of tools that way. I won a set of old Proto SAE ones on eBay, so I'm covered in that side now. Just waiting to find some metric set at a price that suits me, and if that doesn't pan out I'll examine my options for new purchase

The pricing on those Eloras is really attractive, as is the ability to buy single wrenches for my most commonly used ones. They look like they're made reasonably well. I'm not particularly a snob for COO, though I'll buy American made when I can. Clearly though, US made doesn't always...

I appreciate the suggestions, but those particular Craftsman's look a lot like the ones I'm using now and hate.... Haha. Nice prices on that thread though for anyone looking. And I do get to using 1/4 sockets a fair bit, but I'm covered on those. I do need small wrenches for low clearance...

5,5.5,7,8 mm, 11/32 and 3/16 are my most commonly used. Everything up to 10mm and 7/16 do get used in the thinner format. I'm bidding on a used proto set right now that would appear to be made much like the old time Craftsman, forged and finished properly. That would cover my SAE needs. So...

I guess for clarity I should mention... I'm an industrial automation technician. I work on machines, mostly driven by servos and pneumatics. Nothing terribly high-torque. And quite frankly if I could find/make tiny wrenches that were about the same length as typical combo wrenches, it would also...

I'm finding more and more at work I'm relying on these poorly made Armstrong (that look oddly like recent model craftsman) Midget wrenches we're issued, that are just poorly built, slippery, misshappen without ever being used... etc. They appear to have not even been ground to a half-decent...

My only green SO....

Minus the extension, 7/16 and 9/16, is all of my Duro. I have one or two indestro wrenches I picked up at flea markets, they're in a box someplace.... Typically in this box goes an old armstrong ratchet too, it's my "go work on _____'s truck" set.

Won't budge... I don't own a pin wrench though. Tried right angle needle nose pliers, then a hammer and punch to spin it. Won't give

Welp.... Snapped off that screw now

I have tried unscrewing it, that screw seems to be captive. It will back off about a quarter inch, but won't come out